2000“Reinhart Wolf – Award“ of the Reinhart Wolf -Foundation in Hamburg, Germany;
Main Prize of the Society for Photography in Berlin, Germany

2001Main Prize “PhotoVision“ from the publishing house „Photographie“ in Düsseldorf, Germany;
“Staatspreis NRW“ of the departure NRW, Germany;
“Villa Massimo – Prize“ from the ministry of culture in NRW, Germany